on education. even europe, with all of its challenges, significantly more than what this house budget would spend on america's business plan, on america's growth agenda. i have to tell you, i would never invest -- i've got to tell you, i would really question. and if governor romney, who i have great respect for with his business acumen, i don't think banbain capital would ever invet on a business that spent less than 5% on its growth agenda and its ability to stay ahead of the rest of the world. mr. president, i hope over this coming debate, we can talk about growth agendas, we can talk about revenues, we can talk about balance, we can talk about looking at our plan from any historic perspective. but what i want to turn to now, and i apologize to my colleagues who've gotten on to the floor, is the question of sequester. you know, back in -- in august of 2011, when we -- we got close to the budget ceiling debacl debacle,nes, want exactlnot exactly a high pr this institution or congress. and we can